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Throughout 2025, a meme about Republican U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson circulated online purporting that the politician once said he was "abstinence partners" with his son. Speaker of the ...

Michael (Mike) Anthony Johnson, aged 54, passed away unexpectedly at his home on October 31, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. A cherished husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend, Mike ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson admitted Thursday that feeding the hungry would mess up his political game. CNN host Dana Bash asked Johnson why he wouldn’t consider moving money around to fund the ...

The House speaker admits that his legislative chamber no longer matters. That’s the outcome of a series of deliberate leadership decisions to ensure its powerlessness. Speaker of the House Mike ...

House Republicans held a lawmaker-only conference call on Tuesday that grew tense when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., confronted Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on his strategy to navigate the ...

The House of Representatives hasn’t been in session for over a month, but that isn’t stopping Speaker Mike Johnson from whining about all his hard work. House Speaker Mike Johnson is apparently tired, ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday following a continuous refusal by Johnson to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva., D-Ariz. The 17 ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed violence on the left is “far more prevalent” when asked about a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter being charged with threatening to assassinate House Minority Leader Hakeem ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is showing his anger as he becomes perhaps the most prominent Republican figure in the GOP’s stubborn, uncompromising government shutdown fight. It’s a demeanor that marks ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Sunday tried to refute the idea that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was afraid of the Pentagon press corps that he recently helped evict from the complex — by ...